The Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade

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We visited the outstanding Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade in the morning.  The tour guide really knew his stuff.  Here we are at the start of the tour in the lecture hall.  Many interesting examples of Tesla’s devices were around.

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Some of Tesla’s original work tools.

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Video of the tour.

 

More video of the tour.

 

Even more video of the tour.  It was a really good tour.

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Kristen being used in an experiment.

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Nikola Tesla’s iconic suit.

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Some of his other personal effects.

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A huge tesla coil that they turned on during the tour.

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The urn containing Nikola Tesla’s ashes.

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A neat spinning egg trick.

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A tiny water turbine.

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Tiny transformer.

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Tiny transformer and other equipment.

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A replica of Tesla’s remote-controlled boat.

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Big capacitors.

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A Tesla design for a vertical takeoff airplane.

IMG_2018Kristen and me in front of the Nikola Tesla Museum.  I HIGHLY recommend you visit if you find yourself in Belgrade.

Early Morning Belgrade Stroll

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Kirsten and I took an early morning stroll through Belgrade on the way to the Nikola Tesla museum.

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The architecture was very similar to that found all along the Danube.

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An interesting art installation.

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More art.

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Transit to Serbia

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On the way from Sarajevo to Belgrade, our shared van stopped off at a little cafe in a little non-descript town in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Oddly enough, it was named Cafe Bar Brazil.

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The road to Serbia is a two-lane affair that winds up and through the mountains.

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Beautiful views along the way hiding the fact that a large percentage of the woods are mined.

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Getting out of the mountains and toward Croatia, and the freeway that links Zagreb with Belgrade.

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Old-fashioned hay storage methods are still in use here.

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Road construction and a horse-drawn hay cart.

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A power plant in the countryside.

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Sunset at a rest stop.

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The van that took us to Serbia.

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